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      06-20-2011, 05:54 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by EmmDrei View Post
It has nothing to do with "anymore", it's simple physics.

The wider a tire, the less weight per cm² will be transfered to the surface of the road. And in deep snow, that is a clear disadvantage. The less weight is loaded on the tire, the more the tire will stay on the surface of the snow. The gills/fins (I don't know, what the correct phrase in English is) in the tire cannot "bite" into the snow. The more they are pressed into the snow, the more they will. That's the simple reason, why the cars in the World Rallye Championship are still running very narrow wheels, when they drive on snow and ice.
+1000

we got 4-5 winter months and i cannot reach our house without an awd car when there is snow

even 225 sottozero tires on 8x18wheels suck on an average weight car like my s60R

the narrower the better...

on the other hand i had 265 blizzaks on the v10 touareg (about 40% heavier than the volvo) and they worked fine
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